#5: Miyamoto Musashi - Japan's Greatest Samurai Duelist, the Book of the Five Rings, the Way of Combat Strategy, Dokkōdō, Zen, and the Strike from the Void

26/09/2025 2h 3min

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Episode Synopsis

Come join the Patreon!⁠https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon⁠The best version of Musashi in English that I have found is the book The Complete Musashi translated by Alexander Bennett, which is available in audiobook form and is quite short and scholarly to boot. ⁠Goodreads link⁠.Books and Movies:⁠Silence, Martin Scorsese⁠⁠Pi, Darren Aronofsky⁠⁠Introduction to Zen Buddhism - D. T. Suzuki⁠Links:⁠Eleusinian Mysteries⁠⁠Ergotamine (LSD)⁠⁠Sekiro (From Software Game)⁠Music Credit (Drums, Intro/Outro) by RelaxMusicPro on YouTube:⁠https://youtu.be/M3cJs_m351A⁠Edit: removed the part where Shogun Richard and I discussed the YouTube parody AI Am a Jedi, which you should look up just in case:⁠https://youtu.be/v6So-4uvruU

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